This Day, That Year

Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.

Since the first supermarket opened in Beijing in February 1983, people's shopping experience has changed almost beyond recognition.

French retailer Carrefour entered China in 1995, followed by Walmart from the United States in 1996, before market liberalization in November 2004. China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.